So now what?

Well now that you have a slight clue to what's going in the story, whats this project about? Well as I mentioned this is my way of doing the classic superhero comic book genre. I love that I finally have a forum to create the stories that I've wanted to do for so long. So as I finally make these steps I focussed my attentions on what I felt was important like continuity.

Not only will this be seen in print, but it will also be an animated production, whether it's seen on t.v, the internet, or direct to d.v.d. release. The graphic novels will supplement the stories further through introspective narration. Or put into more important terms: The story between its different modes of purveying it will NOT change continuity. Something that drives all fans of the genre crazy!

The next aspect I felt needed consideration was characterization. I feel this is what sets what I want to do aside from the general genre. There is a large blanketing of characterization of the cast in comics to stereotypes. I think it works at times to take these stereotypes and use them as story devices to help the audience get a quick understanding of the ideas of the characters, but I like it even more when a writer uses that to help pull the wool over the eyes of the reader even more. Example, the use of a stereotype/archetype of a character so the reader has a guise of what that represents so that they have built up a straw man character (or false understanding/belief of the character concept), only to use that to pull the rug out from under them. I think this is one reason I really looked forward to working in this genre.

The characters in my world who have what would typically be called "powers" have been altered genetically like mutants in the Marvel Universe (copyright!!!), or the meta-humans in the DC Universe (copyright!!!). Unlike these worlds it is almost non existent for their "mutation" to go unnoticed by others, as they have been genetically altered by cataclysmic phenomenon it has physically changed their structure in visibly clear forms of mutations alike albinism, gigantism, syndromic craniosynostoses, melanism, syndactyly, and etc., only they have been taken to extremes. The transformed characters are all coming to grips with this in their own different ways all the while they are surrounded by a world coming to grips with them.

Another area I really wanted to focus on is the larger than life scenarios. I really wanted to put characters in these massive situations and have their personalities and beliefs really guide the story and not just plot ideas with the characters dragging along, which does happen in comics a lot as many fans would be forced to agree with. Not only that but, who doesn't enjoy the world shaking stories between the crime and grit of the harbinger of justice tales.

In this time line martial law has been declared now that a semblance of order has been built up, after a long patch of anarchy occurred. There is a lot of repercussions to a corporate controlled city, unamended transgressions after a time of chaos, and the face of human existence changed through genetic modification.

There are a lot of shades of grey surrounding motivations and action, and nothing is black and white, good versus evil. I think it rounds off the abrasive edge of cut and dry. The story investigates issues at hand with a new world order, and the effect on an entire public, who really benefits, and who suffers under the wheels of change.

I thinks that's about all I should say for now. I hope I'm coming at a classic genre with a bit of a new spin on things. There are four story arcs and I REALLY want to get to them, so I'll keep you posted as things go.